After a masked-man with a gun first carjacked a white 1993 Jeep Cherokee on Aurora's northeast side at about 5: 19pm on Thursday, he then proceeded to the drive-up window at Harris Bank at 2853 Kirk Road (Farnsworth), demanding cash and pointing a gun at the teller.

We have since added quick stops, instant grits/oatmeal, instant tax returns, drive-up windows for everything, instant messaging, quick car washes, quick as a wink laundry, and even speed dating to the list of hurry-up features in our daily lives.

At the Newcastle Train Station Thanksgiving morning Theodore Bricklin Lyons steps down into the bright sun, sees a row of twelve-hour parking meters, a gas station, a bent Lions Club sign, the drive-up window of the First Newcastle Bank, a particular tree, all of it fraught with sad memories: Marianne Oplennoff for one, Dad in his business suit for another, the daily commute.